Among rural youth, LFPR for both male and female workers fell in FY19, while in urban India LFPR for females fell, while it increased for males.
More rural youth withdrew from the labour market in FY19 compared with the preceding year because of intensifying rural distress well before the coronavirus outbreak.
Labour force participation rate (LFPR), people working or looking for jobs, for rural youth aged 15-29 years fell from 38.1% a year earlier to 37.8% in FY19, according to the recent period labour force survey released by the statistics department.
However, LFPR for urban youth rose marginally from 38.5% in FY18 to 38.7% in FY19. Among rural youth, LFPR for both male and female workers fell in FY19, while in urban India LFPR for